A new study will soon put the open data practices of Canadian municipalities under the microscope.The study, to be officially launched on Oct. 21 at the i–Canada Summitin Montreal, will be the first
They may be young companies still growing their workforces but Canadian tech startups Polar Mobile and TribeHR have already won kudos for efforts to engage their employees.Both firms have made this year's list
It was in 2007 and as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Pickering-Scarborough East that Dan McTeague launched a Web page to advertise gas prices at the pumps 24 hours in advance. Just
This isn't just a scorcher of a year for hot weather, it's also proving to be a blistering year for venture capital deals in Canada.Canadian VC activity so far this year is onpace
The days of the silent angel investor are numbered.Canada's angel investment ecosystem isroaring loudly as a scene that'sbigger, more organized and more actively involved in the startupcompanies it invests in than ever before,
Not to be outdone by Facebook’s “social graph,” Google has launched its “Knowledge Graph” in Canada and around the world today to enhance its leading search engine. Knowledge Graph is a database of
If Canada is going to support the crowdfunding model here, as the U.S. has decided to do with the passage of the JOBS act, then it must consider one important question: How likely are crowdfunded
Canadians love to complain about their various services that they must pay for on a monthly subscription basis, Internet being just one of those items. But when compared to the rest of the
More angels are coming to the aid of Canadian startups these days.Angel investors made 134investments totaling $82.4 million in 2011, up from 90investments worth a combined $35.3 million in 2010, according to astudy
Do you know where your children are?If you remember that line from a public service announcement airing onU.S. TV, you're no spring chicken. The spots started airing on the ABCaffiliate in Buffalo, NY
Imagine that instead of simply typing www.itbusiness.ca to access this Web site, you had to type something like /c=ca/o=itbusiness/ou=news into your browser's address bar. It could have happened if the X.500 standard for
Facebook’s App Center is available to Canadian users today, the social network announced.The App Center was first announced May 9 and launched south of the border in June. It provides a central online
Time is running out to throw your firm's hat into the ring for the 2012 Vision to Reality Awards.PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada is accepting nominations for the awardsuntil July 13. The program honours Canadian technology
The move to legalize equity crowdfunding in Canada is gaining steam in New Brunswick, with a push on to introduce some form of legislation in that province by this fall.Fredericton-based entrepreneurGary Stairs has
